Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga

Description

This landmark book, first published at the height of the manga boom, is offered in a hardcover collector's edition with a new foreword and afterword. Frederik
L. Schodt looks at the classic publications and artists who created modern manga, including the magazines Big Comics and Morning, and artists like Suehiro
Maruo and Shigeru Mizuki; an entire chapter is devoted to Osamu Tezuka. The new afterword shows how manga have evolved in the past decade to transform
global visual culture.

"The informally encyclopedic Dreamland Japan—the result of Schodt's 16-plus years of studying manga&mdas;not only makes it easier
to understand the art form but also says a good deal about Japanese culture…this is an authoritative reference of the different categories
of manga, popular titles and publishers." — Publishers Weekly

"The popularity of manga (and its cousin, anime Japanese animated cartoons) is growing in America, and more are translated every year, which ensures
interest in this book." — Booklist

"Fred Schodt's Dreamland Japan is the most encompassing and the best introduction to manga I have ever read. For anyone involved in graphic
literature this book is necessary background reading." — Will Eisner, graphic novelist, creator of The Spirit